Ryan Burnett was born on 21 May 1992 and is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2019.
29 Facts About Ryan Burnett
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Ryan Burnett was a unified bantamweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2017 and 2018.
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Ryan Burnett is the middle child of three brothers, Burnett was educated at St Patrick's College, a Roman Catholic secondary school on the Antrim Road.
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Not long after regaining fitness, Ryan Burnett decided to turn professional.
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Ryan Burnett won five fights in seven days on his way to the final of the World Youth Championships in Baku.
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Ryan Burnett then met local Azerbaijani, Salman Alizade in the final.
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Ryan Burnett won gold at the inaugural Olympic Youth Games in 2010, and became the first ever Youth Olympics boxing gold medalist in the process.
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Ryan Burnett turned professional in January 2012, after signing a deal with Hatton Promotions.
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In November 2015, Ryan Burnett received a shot at the vacant British bantamweight title against former holder, Jason Booth.
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In January 2016, it was announced that Ryan Burnett would fight on the undercard of fellow Belfast boxer, Carl Frampton, in his world title unification bout with Scott Quigg at the Manchester Arena on 27 February 2016.
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Ryan Burnett faced Frenchman, Anthony Settoul, for the WBC International bantamweight title.
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Ryan Burnett produced a highly praised performance, and won the fight through another unanimous decision.
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Ryan Burnett dropped Haskins twice in the fight in knocking him down once in round 6 and again in round 11.
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Haskins had the most success in the opening two rounds, however Ryan Burnett took control of the fight and dominated until the end.
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Towards the end, Ryan Burnett was doing the better work on the inside and landing the cleaner shots.
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Ryan Burnett dominated Parejo over 12 rounds retaining his WBA title in the process.
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Ryan Burnett started the fight the better boxer before Parejo started to attack more from round 3.
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Ryan Burnett suffered a cut over his left eye from a clash of heads in round 7.
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Ryan Burnett, who was a top seed, chose to fight former four-weight world champion Nonito Donaire in the quarter-finals.
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Ryan Burnett looked to have taken the first 2 rounds as Donaire reset in round 3 and began to box smarter.
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Ryan Burnett survived the round but failed to answer the bell for round five.
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Ryan Burnett lost his WBA belt and was knocked out of the WBSS tourney.
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Donaire showed his respect to Ryan Burnett by going to his corner instead of celebrating the win.
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Ryan Burnett was attended to in the ring and later stretchered out.
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Ryan Burnett, who had back problems in the past, stated the injury was not career threatening.
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On 11 April 2019, Ryan Burnett announced he would return to the ring on an MTK Global show at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on 17 May 2019.
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Ryan Burnett highlighted he was looking to become a two-weight world champion.
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Ryan Burnett was sharper, quicker and better than Gomera, landing numerous body shots on him.
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On October 25,2019, Ryan Burnett retired from boxing citing persistent injuries.